Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Nome, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Nome who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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